We're back to a full reading schedule after a couple of very light days.

If you like mysteries, Eric Stone signs at Seattle Mystery Bookshop at noon. Shanghaied involves "carnivorous Tibetan monks, corrupt Chinese bankers...[and] twin comely kung-fu bodyguards." That sound much better than the Clyde Ford reading taking place at University Book Store tonight. Ford reads from his newest nautical mystery, Whiskey Gulf. I bet there isn't even one Tibetan monk in Ford's book, let alone a carnivorous one.

At the Burke Museum, David B. Williams reads from his book Stories in Stone, which is about rocks telling stories via the ancient mystical art of geology. It would be funny if people showed up for this reading and it was just a rock at a podium and microphone.

Third Place Books hosts Karen Fisher. A Sudden Country is a novel based on an 11-year-old's real-life journeys on the Oregon Trail, which do not much resemble the popular text-based video game.

Adam Schell reads at Elliott Bay Book Company. Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Lust, Love and Forbidden Fruit is about a Hebrew tomato farmer who falls in love with a Catholic girl. For sheer oddness, I'll have to make this the reading of the night.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here. And if you're planning on staying in and you're looking for personalized book recommendations, feel free to tell me the books you like and ask me what to read next over at Questionland.